Charley Reese

Idiots in Israel, along with those American idiots in the punditocracy who can’t see where they are going because their vision is blocked by Israeli backsides, are trying to pressure our idiots in the White House to commit an act of insanity. That act of insanity is launching a military attack against Iran because the … Continue reading “Idiots on the March”

The evolution of excuses for blundering into and maintaining the Iraq War is becoming comical. The first excuse was weapons of mass destruction. Do you remember the constant talk about weapons of mass destruction, "the worst weapons in the hands of the worst dictator"? Do you remember how President Bush said the sole reason for … Continue reading “Excuses Keep on Coming”

You might recall how President George W. Bush was wont to wax eloquent on the virtues of democracy and how often he spoke of spreading democracy to the Middle East. You might not recall that there was a free and fair election in the occupied territories last year. Palestinian voters overwhelmingly chose a Hamas government … Continue reading “Palestine: Freedom Is What They Want”

If I were an American soldier in Iraq, I’d be tempted mightily to say, "Good luck and goodbye," and then start for home. I can’t see losing even one more soldier in a war over a country in which 99.9 percent of the American people have no interest. Iraq had no effect on the American … Continue reading “Goodbye and Good Luck”

The drumbeat for war against Iran has begun again, led by Sen. Joe Lieberman, the independent Democrat from Connecticut, and the usual pro-Israel crowd. Lieberman seems to be under the impression that the U.S. can bomb Iran and not get into a full-fledged war. Well, we know all about cakewalks and how they turn into … Continue reading “Lying Us Into War, Again”

In reading an excellent book, Satanic Purses: Money, Myth and Misinformation, by R.T. Naylor, I suddenly realized why Adolf Hitler was so popular during the first years of his administration. The funny thing is that the book is not about Hitler or Germany, but about the U.S. and the bogus war on terror. It is … Continue reading “Don’t Trust Government”

I didn’t watch any of the Memorial Day events on television. Memorial Day, it seems to me, should be only for the families of the dead. It’s really impossible to remember someone we never knew. Of course, these days Memorial Day gets larded with politics and pseudo-patriotism. It’s nauseating to watch a bunch of actors, … Continue reading “Dying for Nothing”

The Democrats should not have caved in to the president. They should have continued to send him bills with a timeline for withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. So he vetoes them. Eventually the president himself would cut off funds for the troops. As an alternative, Congress could inform the president that unless he accepts … Continue reading “Time for Congress To Put Its Money Where Its Mouth Is”

Gen. David Petraeus, touted by the Bush administration as the potential savior of the Iraq debacle, is like a lot of officers these days, a four-star general with relatively little combat experience. He led the 101st Airborne Division during the initial invasion of Iraq and later was posted with it in the Kurdish area – … Continue reading “Back Iraqi Nationalists and
Get Out”

Palestinians should give up the idea of a two-state solution. It is as plain as a hippopotamus at a tea party that the only kind of state the Israelis will give them, if at all, is a politically and economically unviable collection of tiny enclaves separated by Israeli territory. Instead, Palestinians should demand a unified … Continue reading “One Man, One Vote”